Test Your Horror Knowledge: Identify the Movie from Its Deadly Curse Rules Trivia Quiz

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Think you know horror inside out? Test your expertise with these 20 questions drawn from the terrifying curse rules of classic and modern horror films. Match each deadly rule to the correct movie and see how many you can get right!

Questions

Question 1: You watch a creepy videotape and have exactly seven days to live unless you make a copy and pass it on to someone else?

A. Ringu
B. The Grudge
C. The Ring
D. One Missed Call

Question 2: A sexually-transmitted entity relentlessly pursues its victim at a walking pace until it is passed on or kills them?

A. It Follows
B. The Conjuring
C. Insidious
D. Paranormal Activity

Question 3: Saying this hook-handed killer’s name five times in front of a mirror summons him to slaughter you?

A. Beetlejuice
B. The Babadook
C. Insidious
D. Candyman

Question 4: Saying this striped-suited bio-exorcist’s name three times summons the mischievous poltergeist?

A. Candyman
B. Beetlejuice
C. The Bye Bye Man
D. Lights Out

Question 5: This entity only attacks in the darkness and vanishes instantly when lights are turned on?

A. Lights Out
B. The Ring
C. It Follows
D. The Grudge

Question 6: To avoid madness and death, you must never say his name aloud, think it, or look at his picture?

A. Candyman
B. Beetlejuice
C. The Bye Bye Man
D. Sinister

Question 7: After surviving a disaster via premonition, death crafts elaborate accidents to claim you?

A. The Final Destination
B. Happy Death Day
C. Truth or Dare
D. Final Destination

Question 8: After wronging a fortune teller, you endure three days of torment before being dragged to Hell?

A. Wish Upon
B. Drag Me to Hell
C. The Possession
D. Sinister

Question 9: Entering the house where murderous rage was born curses you to die horribly, spreading to others?

A. The Grudge
B. Dead Silence
C. Lights Out
D. The Conjuring

Question 10: This vengeful ventriloquist ghost rips out the tongues of those who scream upon hearing her voice?

A. Annabelle
B. The Boy
C. Dead Silence
D. The Ring

Question 11: Viewing these Super 8 snuff films curses your family to slaughter, with a demon claiming the child?

A. V/H/S
B. Sinister
C. One Missed Call
D. The Taking of Deborah Logan

Question 12: This music box grants seven wishes but kills your loved ones in gruesome ways for each one?

A. The Conjuring
B. Insidious
C. Oculus
D. Wish Upon

Question 13: A demon forces players into truth or dare; failing a command leads to brutal death?

A. Truth or Dare
B. The Gallows
C. Ouija
D. Smile

Question 14: Seeing someone unnaturally smile before suicide passes this entity-induced curse to you?

A. It Follows
B. The Bye Bye Man
C. Smile
D. Talk to Me

Question 15: Holding this embalmed hand for no more than 90 seconds summons spirits; longer risks full possession?

A. The Possession
B. Talk to Me
C. Dead Silence
D. Annabelle: Creation

Question 16: You’re trapped in a time loop on your birthday, murdered repeatedly until you unmask the killer?

A. Smile
B. Truth or Dare
C. The Final Destination
D. Happy Death Day

Question 17: Reciting passages from this Book of the Dead summons soul-swapping Deadites to possess the living?

A. Evil Dead
B. The Evil Dead
C. Necronomicon
D. Army of Darkness

Question 18: A missed phone call plays your own death screams, revealing the exact date and time you’ll die?

A. The Ring
B. Pulse
C. One Missed Call
D. Unfriended

Question 19: Failing to follow rules like keeping feet on the floor or saying ‘goodbye’ unleashes killer spirits from this board?

A. Paranormal Activity
B. Ouija
C. The Conjuring
D. Insidious

Question 20: To appease the doll Brahms and avoid his wrath, you must follow rules like feeding him and playing lullabies at specific times?

A. Annabelle
B. Dead Silence
C. M3GAN
D. The Boy

Answers

  1. C. The Ring — Samara’s cursed videotape grants seven days to live unless copied and passed on.
  2. A. It Follows — The entity pursues victims at a walking pace after sexual transmission.
  3. D. Candyman — Five repetitions of his name in a mirror summons the hook-handed killer.
  4. B. Beetlejuice — Three utterances of his name summon the bio-exorcist.
  5. A. Lights Out — Diana attacks only in darkness and vanishes when lights turn on.
  6. C. The Bye Bye Man — Avoiding his name, thoughts, and image prevents summoning.
  7. D. Final Destination — Death orchestrates elaborate accidents after a premonition saves someone.
  8. B. Drag Me to Hell — Three days of torment end in being dragged to Hell.
  9. A. The Grudge — The rage-filled house spreads its deadly curse to all who enter.
  10. C. Dead Silence — Mary Shaw removes tongues from those who scream at her voice.
  11. B. Sinister — Super 8 films allow Bughuul to possess and slaughter families.
  12. D. Wish Upon — Each wish from the music box kills a loved one gruesomely.
  13. A. Truth or Dare — Failing a demon-enforced truth or dare results in death.
  14. C. Smile — Witnessing an unnatural smile before suicide passes the curse.
  15. B. Talk to Me — Gripping the embalmed hand beyond 90 seconds risks possession.
  16. D. Happy Death Day — A birthday time loop repeats until the killer is revealed.
  17. A. Evil Dead — The Necronomicon summons possessing Deadites.
  18. C. One Missed Call — A missed call plays death screams and predicts the exact time of death.
  19. B. Ouija — Breaking board rules like saying goodbye summons vengeful spirits.
  20. D. The Boy — Strict rules must be followed to keep Brahms the doll appeased.

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